Post Office

Jane Earwaker, born in 1749, was the first to keep a grocer’s shop at Glenthorne House, in an extension known as the Gaite House. She was the first known postmistress in East Meon. In the 1840s, John Nathaniel Atkins continued the post office and also offered a grocery and a coal delivery business.

After John Nathaniel Atkins retired, the Post Office was established opposite The George Inn.

Langrish Post Office was also established in the 19th century on the corner of the Green and the Petersfield Road.

Robert Brydon's etching of Church Street, including the Post Office, All Saints Church and The George Inn . 1905

Robert Bryden

Church Street: George Inn, All Saints & Post Office

Langrish Post Mistress

Langrish Postlady

Jean Emptage at the Post Office counter, at the northern end of the Post Office Store. Jean was the last postmistress to run the service from the building on Church Street.

John and his mother Muriel Emptage outside Post Office, Judy Barber behind.

Article from Petersfield Post 1992, photo featuring Jean Emptage, post mistress

John Emptage

News clippings marking retirement of postwoman Edna Phillips and sub-post mistress Iris Porter

Mrs Philips' retirement, 1992. George Breatham, Post Office Manager, John Emptage, Mrs Philips. Iris Porter

Jean Emptage with certificate and Judy Barber outside door of Post Office

Cows and dogs in High Street, by Judy Brooks, showing All Saints Church, The Post Office (at the time), Glenthorne House (from the other direction).

Retirement of Mrs Phillips, post woman. L to R, back row Rev Peter Wadsworth, Shirley Kitcher, Tricia Stephens, Rosemary Ryder, Dot Hickling, Front row, n.k., n.k., Eddy Phillips, Iris Porter, Maude Emptage (mother of John),

Jean Emptage leaving, with Sally Nash behind - wool can be seen in the shelves behind

Frank & Jenny Wheeler operated a sub Post Office at Riverside at the end of the 20th century and in the early years of the new Millennium.

Post Office Handover 1995. Left to right, Tina Stapley, Diana Chadwick, Monique Aldridge, Jeff Wheeler, Thelma Hoare, Jackie Wilson, SHeila Blowers, Jenny Wheeler, David Blowers, Iris Porter, Judy Barber, Frank Wheeler, Charlie Dowlon, Malcolm Barber

Wheelers in Post Office Shop

Cart with Fr Xmas outside Riverside Stores and Post Office

Cafe chairs outside Riverside grocery store and sub post office

East Meon had a Post Office in the middle of the 19th Century, then based at Glenthorne House with John Nathaniel Atkins as the postmaster. It subsequently moved to the corner of Church Street and the High Street and remained for over a hundred years, before moving briefly to Riverside and it is currently a sub-post office operating from East Meon General Stores.